Lin
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Given to girls 54.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,034since 1917
Lin over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | #1,778 | 21 |
| 1960 | #1,925 | 35 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #2,021 | 31 | #1,501 | 28 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #1,869 | 34 | #2,019 | 16 |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | #1,608 | 24 |
| 1955 | #1,907 | 31 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,987 | 28 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 | #1,455 | 27 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 | #1,683 | 20 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,446 | 12 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
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| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1917
The first year at least five girls were named Lin! It came in at #4,594, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lin is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lin in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lin
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,545 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #11,932)
- 842 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #11,932)
- 2,550 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1952 at #1,641 (35 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 52,981
- Highest: 1 in 52,981 girls born in 1952 were named Lin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 26.0% of all girls named Lin (269) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,594 (1917) | #4,594 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 23 | #3,434 (1937) | #4,027 |
| 1940s | 133 | #2,008 (1948) | #2,750 |
| 1950s | 269 | #1,641 (1952) | #2,078 |
| 1960s | 166 | #1,925 (1960) | #3,407 |
| 1970s | 45 | #5,543 (1971) | #7,342 |
| 1980s | 81 | #4,743 (1980) | #7,539 |
| 1990s | 76 | #7,498 (1993) | #10,407 |
| 2000s | 113 | #6,576 (2003) | #10,007 |
| 2010s | 80 | #8,138 (2019) | #12,665 |
| 2020s | 43 | #9,680 (2022) | #12,263 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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